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I hate to hear that Peg Bracken has passed away... For all her kidding about "I hate to cook," Peg Bracken actually had some really good simple recipes... here's a link to her actual obituary...

better redo my math! Pete-- lookin' good, man! you could pull a Charo and subtract 10 years from your age!

Take care of yourself! Lawrence-- Glad to see you're back home...take care of yourself, bro'... A big hug to ya from bongobro! Charlie

Leave it to Beaver...to oversuds the family washer! In the very first episode of "Leave it to Beaver" (the one with the alligator), Wally and the Beav hide the alligator in the basement--which as I recall had a wringer washer (but I don't recall the make). The episode djmjlcst is thinking...

Frost Guard vs. automatic defrosting I came across an owner's manual for GE refrigerators circa 1962-63 (my mother had a top-freezer TC-314 that was automatic defrosting in the fridge and manual defrosting in the freezer; it also had those serpentine cooler coils at the top as danemodsandy...

It's a gas, gas, gas? gansky1--GM/Frigidaire never offered a gas range. I recall in a book about General Motors (may have been the biography of Albert Sloan) that Frigidaire wanted to go beyond stoves and refrigerators after WWII; they passed around of list of appliance ideas--corporate...

Just imagine how white your wash was with BOTH Ajax and Fina You're absolutely right, Launderess! Funny thing that Ajax laundry detergent and Final Touch fabric softener came out about the same time in 1964...

Not too late, am I? Happy birthday, Peter! Here's to the next 50! Charlie (bongobro)

best wishes from the 'bro Lawrence-- Sorry to hear about your illness; best wishes for a speedy recovery... Charlie (bongobro)

blue, blue, the wash is blue...blue is the towel, and so-o a Wasn't there also a liquid bluing called Easy Monday? I think that's why there are no longer any blue-tinted powder detergents on the market. Before Cheer changed back to a white powder, there were instructions on what to do if you...

wrong mix? Hey frigilux and togs-- If I'm not mistaken, doesn't P & G make Tag body spray? (guess ya haven't been warned) Now if they could make an Axe-scented "all" or Snuggle...hmmm...would give a whole new meaning to "bear."

somebody get the airwick! (also made by the makers of Jet-Dr I STILL see fresh, new Jet-Dry solids in original packaging every day in many local stores...if you need one that badly, get one of those...they still come two to the package and you get two for what you'd pay for that one empty...

Bewitched laundry equipment Two things happened between the sixth and seventh seasons of "Bewitched" that changed the laundry equipment--and for that matter, everything else in Darrin and Samantha's kitchen. First, a fire destroyed the "Bewitched" set--everything except for, oddly enough...

Betty White was--and is still-"fantastik!" I remember that Fantastik commercial...think it came out about 1969--amazing how hairstyles (and colors) have changed through the years... And you just knew under that nice sticky-sweet exterior, there was a Sue Ann Nivens or Rose Nylund just waiting...

belated birthday wishes Happy birthday, Matty! Great job on that video, BTW--all you needed in the last two shots (with you as the gangster) was a big black cigar! (for effects only, mate...) Congrats! Charlie/bongobro

Lounge music=bongos! Noticed a lot of music being discussed here has more than a few bongo players floatin' around--not to mention congas, maracas, etc... too bad I wasn't a musician in the 50s...hmmm...that might be somethin' to experiment with...I notice at Borders there's a large selection...

"Years from now you'll be glad it's a Norge...& Norge was based in Chicago when it was a division of Borg-Warner, so it's no surprise Chitown had more Norges than most cities...and since Norge's first appliances (like Frigidaire and Kelvinator) were refrigerators, it's no big surprise that...

...Mrs. Slocombe... They had been running AYBS? for several years on the St. Louis PBS station; I got a kick out of Mrs. Slocombe's ever-changin hair color...and I know a few Yanks who would be mates with Hyacinth and Richard on "Keeping Up Appearances." "The Vicar of Dibley" never really...

"...mas chaca-chaca para su dinero"... Mexican detergents, as you notice, contain instructions for hand-washing as well as machine-washing. In Mexico, automatics of any type are still rare luxuries, and I have read that in some rural communities, women do their wash in one centralized area that...

"...if you want it, here it is, come and get it...&quot Sounds like something out of the movie, "The Magic Christian"....